educational apps
Digital teaching tools
Educational apps are software applications designed to teach skills or knowledge, typically on mobile devices or tablets.
They range from children's learning games to language courses to professional training tools.
The category blurs with entertainment: The kids spend hours on educational apps, but I'm not sure how much they're actually learning.
Marketing often stretches the term to cover anything vaguely instructive.
- flashcardsPaper memorization tools
- brain trainingMental acuity development
- e-booksElectronic publications
- drawing toolsInstruments for making marks
- workbooksEducational activity volumes
virtual classrooms · online courses · study guides · manipulatives · interactive whiteboards · memory games · Khan Academy · gamification · drag and drop · touch screen · parental controls · age appropriate · digital literacy · blended learning · flipped classroom · logic puzzles · skill building · video tutorials
- kids entertainmentcartoons, animated films, picture books, nursery rhymes, dolls
- learning gamesmath games, phonics games, number games, vocabulary games, multiplication games
- digital youthscreen time, smartphones, social media, apps, texting
- educational mediaeducational videos, educational films, educational games, educational podcasts, educational toys
- family educationhomeschooling, homework help, tutoring, reading aloud, bedtime stories
- kids techlearning games, educational games, parental controls, screen time, educational software
educational appsshovelware
Low-effort bulk software
time sinks · digital addiction · bloatware · malware · adware